2025 YEAR-END DUE: JANUARY 30, 2026
PRE-PRIMARY DUE: MAY 18, 2026
PRE-GENERAL DUE: OCTOBER 19, 2026
2026 YEAR-END DUE: JANUARY 29, 2027
NOTE: No campaign finance disclosure report is required if the political committee regularly submits a campaign finance disclosure report with another state or the Federal Election Commission or a report of contributions and expenditures with the Internal Revenue Service. (SDCL 12-27-3)
PENALTIES: 12-27-29.1 In addition to any other penalty or relief provided under this chapter, the secretary of state, may impose a civil penalty for the failure to timely file any statement, amendment, or correction required to be filed by this chapter. The civil penalty is $200 for each violation. If any violation is made by a county political party or auxiliary organization, the civil penalty is $50 for each violation. Any civil penalty collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the state general fund.
12-27-29.4 Additional penalties not to exceed $250 may be assessed and the secretary of state may refer repeated violations under this chapter for prosecution by a state's attorney or the attorney general.
Ballot Question Committees: 12-27-22(6) If a statewide ballot question committee does not list any activity on the next required campaign finance report submitted to the secretary of state, that committee has until the next reporting period to report activity. If that committee does not have any activity to report by the next reporting period, the committee shall submit a termination report by that reporting period deadline.
Who files & which report | Pre-Primary | Pre-General | Year-End Odd Year |
Year-End Even Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
ALL Statewide Candidates & Statewide Elected Officials | X | X | X | X |
Legislative Candidates and campaign committees *Change per 2025 Legislative Session |
*X* | ALL legislative campaign committees | - | ALL legislative campaign committees |
Statewide recognized Political Party | X | X | X | X |
County Party & Auxiliary | - | X | - | - |
Statewide PAC | X | X | X | X |
Statewide Ballot Question | X | X | X | X |
County Candidates (in counties over 10,000 population) *Change per 2025 Legislative Session |
*X* | ALL county candidate campaign committees | - | ALL county candidate campaign committees |